Getting Started with Genira

Genira is a dental model generation platform designed to work with your intraoral scans.

This guide covers the basics of cases, scan requirements, model generation, templates, processing times, and credits.

📂 Cases and Scans

A case refers to a single that is to be generated.

• A case is composed of a and/or mandibular intraoral scan.

📏 Intraoral Scan Requirements

• Supported file types: .STL and .PLY

  Alignment:

  Scans must be aligned according to their bite registration.

  • This is usually handled by your intraoral scanner software.
  • Alignment can be lost if the files are modified in other software before uploading to Genira.

• Quadrant scans:

  Not currently supported.

⚙️ How to Generate Models

1. Click Create to open the Upload Scans window.

   Select an existing Template or create a new one, see Creating/Editing Templates for details.

   Drag and drop one or more cases into the upload area.

   • See Supported Folder Structures for details.

     Genira will automatically detect maxillary and mandibular scans.

   • A warning will appear if a scan cannot be detected.

     Click Process to start .

     Once processing is complete:

   • Download designs by selecting cases and clicking
   • Reject designs to return the credits held for the case back to your balance.

🗂 Templates

Templates store preferences for design features, such as:

• Attachments
• Text (embossed or engraved)
• Solid/Hollow model

💡 Templates can be saved for future use and deleted when no longer needed.

For full instructions, see Creating, Editing, and Deleting Templates.

✏️ Text on Models

• The case name is used as the text imprinted on the design.

  Placement:

  • With attachments→ text appears on the back of the pillar base.
  • Without attachments → text appears on the front of the .
• Styles: Embossed or Engraved.
• Length limit: If the text is too long, it will be truncated.

⏱ Processing Time

• Typical processing time:

  3–6 minutes

  per design.

• May take up to

  20 minutes

  for complex cases.

• High-resolution scans take longer to process.
• Poor-quality scans may delay processing or, in extreme cases, cause processing to fail.

💳 Credits

• Credits are held for each processed case.
• Credits are consumed when a design is downloaded.
• Credits are returned if a design is rejected.
• See Understanding Credit Workflow for more details